Edward Stone thrilled about Voyager 1's journey

Burlington native was project scientist behind spacecraft's missions.

Voyager 1 is 11.5 billion miles away in interstellar space, the space between the stars, and Edward Stone could not be happier.

"This is something we have been waiting on since Voyager 1 left Earth in 1977," Stone said in a telephone interview Friday. "This is the first time there has been anything exploring the space between the stars."

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